Embraer loses out on Delta order

11:08 PM,
Dec. 9, 2012

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FLORIDA TODAY staff

In a rebuff to Embraer, which has operations in Melbourne, Delta Air Lines Inc. agreed to buy 40 regional jets from Bombardier Inc., as the world's second-largest carrier expands its small-plane fleet that ferries passengers to hubs.

The order is worth about $1.85 billion, and options for 30 more may boost it to $3.29 billion, Bombardier said. Delta Chief Executive Officer Richard Anderson said in October the airline held talks with Bombardier and Brazil's Embraer SA.